7 Tips To Hang Holiday Lights WITHOUT Damaging Your Home's Exterior!
Nails, tape, staples... All BAD ideas when hanging lights from your home! There are a few steps you can take to ensure your lights stay put, look fantastic and don't take a toll on your home's exterior.
First, measure! Whip out the old measuring tape and start by measuring at the base of the house, going along any turns and corners. Measure doors and door frames, window frames, and any columns that will be lit. If hanging Christmas lights on peeks, climb carefully up a ladder and measure along the area of peak to be decorated.
Next, evaluate your hanging surfaces. Study the roofline, gutters, and shingles. Christmas lights can be installed on any of these surfaces, but there are specific clips for each type of surface. Inspect how thick the gutter lip is, and how loose or tight the shingles on the roof are. Do the gutters get in the way of the shingles?
Read the rest of the tips and instructions here: http://blog.akatlanta.com/2013/12/7-tips-to-hang-holiday-lights-without.html
Hang those lights and spread some !!!!
-Your friends at AK!
First, measure! Whip out the old measuring tape and start by measuring at the base of the house, going along any turns and corners. Measure doors and door frames, window frames, and any columns that will be lit. If hanging Christmas lights on peeks, climb carefully up a ladder and measure along the area of peak to be decorated.
Next, evaluate your hanging surfaces. Study the roofline, gutters, and shingles. Christmas lights can be installed on any of these surfaces, but there are specific clips for each type of surface. Inspect how thick the gutter lip is, and how loose or tight the shingles on the roof are. Do the gutters get in the way of the shingles?
Read the rest of the tips and instructions here: http://blog.akatlanta.com/2013/12/7-tips-to-hang-holiday-lights-without.html
Hang those lights and spread some !!!!
-Your friends at AK!
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Great, timely and helpful tips!
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We were taught by the chaplain at my sheriff's office a neat trick! We attached the lights to small diameter PVC or metal electrical tubing that is painted the same color as our house trim using zip ties. Eye bolts are put near the end of each pipe. Hooks are installed into the wood trim to match the eye bolt location. Pipes can be cut so they match the trim length. Sets are plugged together. Hang the sets on the hooks, plug in and Wow! I have a small book with pictures of the house and the hooks' locations numbered. The first time I took down the lights I wrote these numbers on the poles next to the eye bolts so the next year there is no guessing, just match numbers. We have a tall ceiling garage, so I bundle all these together and tie them to hooks in the ceiling until they are needed again. I pretext all lights each year and replace any strands if needed. Once the hooks are in place the great thing is I never had to go ALL the way up to my high peak again, just push one end of a pole up and hook the eye on the hook. I used vinyl covered hooks and leave them permanently
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This is a WONDERFUL idea! We think you should post pictures and do a tutorial on how to do this. It would be a huge hit!!!
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